# Fractures at U.S. Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2015042469` · 4/30/2015 · LUFKIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Forest Service
- **Location:** 2221 North Raguet St., LUFKIN, TEXAS, 75904
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were removing downed trees blocking a roadway. A pickup truck got stuck in the mud.  An employee used a dozer to remove the truck, which got wedged next to the tree. The employee used a chainsaw to cut the tree, and the tension caused the tree to snap and injure the employee. Three bones between the knee and left ankle broke. The employee was hospitalized.

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